teff

noun

An annual grass (Eragrostis tef) native to northeast Africa, having very small, edible seeds and cultivated as a cereal crop and for livestock forage.

The seeds of this plant, ground to produce flour.

An annual cereal grass, Poa Abyssinica, the most important food-plant of Abyssinia.

A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.

The fine grain of this plant.